The Center for American Progress posted a report: Building community schools systems: Removing barriers to success in U.S. public schools. Authors assert “the community school strategy can reimagine and retool the nation’s public schools to give students in low-income communities a high-quality education.” Here is a link: https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/education-k-12/reports/2018/08/22/454977/building-community-schools-systems/
Research tells us that planning for a full-service community school (FSCS) typically begins with a community needs assessment. Discuss how your school or district collects needs assessment data, from whom, and how those data are used in the planning process.